[Zope-dev] Why is it _setObject(), and why is it undocumented

[Florent Guillaume]

maxm  <maxm@mxm.dk> wrote:
> I have a few tutorials / How_to's on zope.org. And sometimes I get some 
> interresting mails because of that.
> 
> Somebody asked me today why _setObject() has that name, as it is used in 
> many products, and thus ought to be an interface method. And called 
> something like "setObject()" or "manage_setObject()" And also he didn't 
> understand why it wasn't documented anywhere.
> 
> So why is that? does anybody know?

The weight of history I guess. I agree that there should be a
setObject() method, it's a fundamental API of ObjectManagers.

Same thing for _getOb(), even if __getitem__ often is enough (it has
some WebDAV magic though).

Florent
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